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economist sunsuntribune health saturday april 26 2003 sars unit empty markham stoufrville reopening services by kathleen griffin staff writer the last three sars patients in an isolated unit at markham stouftville hos pital were discharged friday giving the entire staff an emotional boost one patient suffering from severe acute respiratory syndrome remains in critical condition in intensive care but the hos pitals sars unit is now empty said president and chief executive officer dr jim maclean we plan to increase activity in the hospital wednesday opening outpa tient clinics and diagnostic services he said that will continue through the week and its hoped by monday may 5 surgery will resume as well he added all patients who have missed appointments will be contacted and their proce dures rescheduled dr maclean said the best advice for patients is to just wait for the call he said while the priority is resuming services for the surrounding community dr maclean said the economic impact of sars on hospitals across the greater toronto area will begin to take a front seat in the coming weeks the province has pledged 25 million for hospitals and their staff although the ontario hospital association said the gesture is grossly inadequate and that hospi tals will need closer to 100 million additional expenses treating sars patients and creating isolation units for them cost money safety precautions and new proce dures many of which will remain as the new normal also cost more the expense of catching up on missed appointments and tests will be massive health care professionals have also taken a financial hit physicians have lost income as surgeries were postponed and their patient md stands by criticism by lisa queen staff writer york central hospital chief of staff dr richard schabas ontarios former medical officer of health is accusing the province of dropping the ball in its han dling of the sars outbreak but critics say its easy to be a monday morning quar terback while 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